Here I am (such as I am)

I’m interested in a great many subjects and, selfishly, I will be posting about the various topics that interest me. Every now and then, someone will happen upon my Aimless Blog who is interested in the various mundane things that interest me and I love the connections!

One day I may be concerned about bullying in the schools (I do wish good experiences for my grandchildren); relationships (relationships are complex – and evolving); trivia (fashion, trends, nonsense); national or world news (although I’m a bit tired of POLITICS). Another day I may be in a very wistful mood and whimsey may be interesting to me.

We all act in different ways; however, I believe we are all interesting and have our stories to tell.

In other words, I subject my readers (bless the few who happen upon this site!) to whatever I am thinking on a particular day.

I was born in Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico. Married a Southerner from Louisiana. We have only lived in three states: New Mexico, Colorado (more than once), Texas (more than once) – and in our retirement years, have settled in Southwest Texas in Seguin.

We love it here; as my husband says: “It fits us like a glove.”

We are the parents of three children – two boys and a girl. A son and his family live in New York. A married daughter lives in Denver, Colorado as well as a single son.

I am descended from The Sammons (Salmon) and Young family. the Youngs intermaried with the Salmons, Woods and Goodletts and my family has been researching all of these names. I will be happy to share what I have. I have tried to run the Betty Walker line back and it can be very confusing. While there is some question, there appears to be reasonable information connecting her to the Walker you were talking about and also descended from the Ellis family married Royall, descended from Mary Wood, Samuel Matthews family, married Frances Greville, descended from most of the Plantagenents, William the Conqueror and Charlemagne.

Found your site by accident while searching for info about Ameritex pipe out on Hwy. 90. I am the webmastery teacher at Seguin High School and as a result am interested in loccal folks and how they use the internet. If you get a chance… check out my site…

I hadn’t even thought of movies on CD – with subtitles. I will do that!

You know how parents will spell when young children can’t yet spell – in order to have private conversations? My folks would speak Spanish and one of the instructions they would give to me has surfaced in my memory: ‘Callate!’ Of course, their tone of voice indicated what that word meant!

See you tomorrow night – and thank you for your encouragement. I feel muy estupido in that class of excelente altavoces!

Darling Belk is also my very,very great grandfather! My maternal grandmother was a Belk from this same area, Darling Belk an ancestor. There is also a Blue Darling Belk, Capt Blue Darling Belk, the same Darling Belk in the Revolutionary War archives. Please get in touch with me!

“LET ME TOLD YOU” is a term I heard more then once, and I am sure you are still hearing it.
Happened across your blog and just had to chime in. Hope you and Bobby J are doing well.
God be with you both.

Bill! So good to hear from you! If you guys get down our way (of course, no one wants to come to South Central Texas during a drought . . . and terrible fires). Anyway – give a holler is you come to San Antonio (or Austin) OR Seguin!

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Throw off the bowlines

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain

life is this simple

Life is this simple.

Life is this simple.
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent
and God is shining through it all the time.
This is not just a fable or a nice story
It is true.
If we abandon ourselves to God
and forget ourselves,
we see it sometimes
and we see it maybe frequently.
God shows Godself everywhere,
In everything,
In people and in things and in nature and in events.
It becomes very obvious that God is everywhere and
in everything and we cannot be without God.
It is impossible.
The only thing is that we don't see it.
- Thomas Merton